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No updates at all that I can find.
Found Deceased Canada - Jake Kermond, 19, Whistler, BC, 26 April 2015
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tarabull
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Thinking of Jake as I just read there was a body found up in Whistler today...
http://www.castanet.net/news/BC/163245/Body-found-on-ski-hill
http://www.castanet.net/news/BC/163245/Body-found-on-ski-hill
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RIP Jake --- no doubt your short life left a ripple...
http://www.babycenter.com.au/thread/1892749/kinda-random-rip-jake-kermond
http://www.babycenter.com.au/thread/1892749/kinda-random-rip-jake-kermond
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has it been confirmed that the body is Jake's?
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Jake's body was found and identified in July 2015. You'll see links to those stories earlier in this thread. I'm assuming that Tarabull is just saying that this recent story reminded her of Jake's case. There have been no updates on his case. I wonder if they're still investigating to figure out how his body ended up in that gravel pit. Have they ever found his skis? I still think he was trying to sell his skis for money to continue traveling/get home, and whoever he met with is the key to what happened.
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A year later, this still gives me the chills. Not that it's a unique case by any means, but he was found 40km away from where he was last seen. It's all very suspicious and harrowing to think of what really happened. As another poster mentioned, yes, the Adara hotel is quite nice and during the ski season would definitely run you closer to $200/night.
The last I heard, police were trying to determine whether he was pushed into the gravel pit (off the cliff) or if he fell in. Considering the other factors - missing skis and other belongings - I'm not inclined to believe that he just fell in. I couldn't find any updates on the investigation.
Frankly, Whistler tends to give me the creeps as now I can only associate it with stories like Jake's. I don't necesserily feel unsafe, but whenever I'm there now, it's just unsettling to think of the tragedies I've read about. Can't say why, as tragedies and deaths happen everywhere all the time, but it just does.
The last I heard, police were trying to determine whether he was pushed into the gravel pit (off the cliff) or if he fell in. Considering the other factors - missing skis and other belongings - I'm not inclined to believe that he just fell in. I couldn't find any updates on the investigation.
Frankly, Whistler tends to give me the creeps as now I can only associate it with stories like Jake's. I don't necesserily feel unsafe, but whenever I'm there now, it's just unsettling to think of the tragedies I've read about. Can't say why, as tragedies and deaths happen everywhere all the time, but it just does.
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“In 2015, the body of Australian teenager Jake Kermond was found dumped in an industrial complex near the town. The 19-year-old Victorian’s case remains unsolved and the subject of a homicide investigation.
Detectives have theorised Mr Kermond may have been pushed off a cliff.”
This is as of February 25th, 2019.